Canada becomes 51st State - If you are unemployed you cannot cross State lines to the lower 48

[dmcowen674]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:14:09 -0500
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
From: Mychelle Tremblay <myt@cyberie.qc.ca>
Subject: Yanks will see your tax data

Declan,

The following article was published in the Toronto Sun on January 8. I'm
hoping one of your readers can corroborate this information.

Yanks will see your tax data by <mailto:tom.godfrey@tor.sunpub.com>Tom
<mailto:tom.godfrey@tor.sunpub.com>Godfrey

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2004/01/08/307878.html

U.S. border agents will soon have access to the immigration and tax records
of Canadian residents for use in nabbing terrorists before they cross the
American border. U.S. officials said an impending merger of Canadian and
U.S. immigration and customs databases will also help them intercept
illegal aliens, criminals and fugitives.

Officials said the measure will give U.S. front-line agents the power to
check Canadian residents -- citizens, immigrants, refugees or visitors --
driving into the U.S. at land crossings.

They said U.S. officers will have access to Revenue Canada files, which
contain tax information on Canadians, including their work records,
property owned and investments.

That information may lead to unemployed people being refused entry into the
U.S., officers said.

The merging of databases is one of 32 points in a smart border action plan
that has been in the works since 2002.

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[EagleKeeper]

Note that the wording of the article changes from officials to officers.

Which officers.

Aslo, the word may exists within the statement.

The information may also be filtered by Canada. The US may have access to the Revenue Canada files, but not all the information contained within.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Booohoooo!

Have you ever tried to enter Canada (aside from the Toronto and Vancouver areas)? I drove to Calgary to visit a friend who'd moved there (he since moved back) and was asked five different ways by the Canadian border guard if I was going to be looking for a job. About a dozen suspicious stares later he tenativly graced me with entry to that magnificent wonderland of a country they have.

In other words...reap the whirlwind, eh.

 

[SViscusi]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Booohoooo!

Have you ever tried to enter Canada (aside from the Toronto and Vancouver areas)? I drove to Calgary to visit a friend who'd moved there (he since moved back) and was asked five different ways by the Canadian border guard if I was going to be looking for a job. About a dozen suspicious stares later he tenativly graced me with entry to that magnificent wonderland of a country they have.

In other words...reap the whirlwind, eh.

All I've ever been asked is where I'm from, where was I going, for how long. Maybe you just look suspicious?

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Booohoooo!

Have you ever tried to enter Canada (aside from the Toronto and Vancouver areas)? I drove to Calgary to visit a friend who'd moved there (he since moved back) and was asked five different ways by the Canadian border guard if I was going to be looking for a job. About a dozen suspicious stares later he tenativly graced me with entry to that magnificent wonderland of a country they have.

In other words...reap the whirlwind, eh.

You were actually allowed to enter? Damn, security is worse than I thought.

 

[gsaldivar]

That information ===>>>>>> may <<<<<<=== lead to unemployed people being refused entry into the
U.S., officers said.

Just more spin from dmcowen674.

Nothing to see here folks... move along... :beer:

 

[SuperTool]

Are Canucs going to have access to our employment and tax data?

 

[djNickb]

In Windsor/Detroit I take my passport every time and have never even been pulled in.

 

[maluckey]

The only thing newsworthy is that the Canadians are allowing access to their records by U.S. law enforcement. The laws already allow inspectors to deny entry to ANY non-citizen who may become public charge, has no reason to return to their home country, or intends on working/living here. I only wish that the Mexican govt. would cooperate like the Canadians. It would really put a damper on Mexican illegal entry.

 

[Orsorum]

So when does the Mexican government start cooperating like this?

 

[Ultima]

Originally posted by: maluckey
The only thing newsworthy is that the Canadians are allowing access to their records by U.S. law enforcement. The laws already allow inspectors to deny entry to ANY non-citizen who may become public charge, has no reason to return to their home country, or intends on working/living here. I only wish that the Mexican govt. would cooperate like the Canadians. It would really put a damper on Mexican illegal entry.

Why doesn't the US just build the great wall of Mexico?

 

[maluckey]

At times I think the Chinese had the right idea with their great wall, and later on, the Roman Emperor Hadrian seemed to think so as well.

 

[0roo0roo]

cuz mexico is dependent upon the money sent back by illegals.

 

[Ultima]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
cuz mexico is dependent upon the money sent back by illegals.

But that's Mexico's problem, not the US's problem. The Roman Empire built Hadrian's wall in England for the same reasons: Keep the "barbarians" out and from taking advantage of the Roman civilization.